2. El Verbo “GUSTAR” En español gustar significa “to be pleasing” In English, the equivalent is “to like”

3. Who is doing the “liking”? Indirect Object Pronouns: answers the question “to whom?” (a mí)(a nosotros) (a ti) (a él, a ella, a usted) (a ellos, a ellas, a ustedes) me te le nos les The words in parenthesis are optional to clarify and/or stress to whom it is pleasing.

4. En Español…: The word order is actually “backwards”: The indirect object pronoun comes first:Me Then the verb:gusta Finally the subject of the verb:español. Make it negative by adding “no” before the IDOP. NO me gusta español.

5. Gustar: how it works In English we say: “I like Spanish.” En español decimos: “Spanish is pleasing to me.” In English: “I” is the subject “like” is the verb “(Spanish)” is the direct object En español: “(Spanish)” is the subject “is pleasing” is the verb “to me” is the indirect object

6. “Gusta”=singular subjects =infinitives For now, all you need to know is… “GUSTA, GUSTA, GUSTA”

7. Practiquemos…Practiquemos… 1. I like to dance. 2. Elena likes to sing. 3. We don’t like to swim. 4. Carlos and Miguel like to eat. 5. Do you all like to read? 6. You (inf.) like to write. (A mí) me gusta bailar. (A Elena) le gusta cantar. (A Nosotros) no nos gusta nadar. (A Carlos y a Miguel) les gusta comer. ¿Les gusta leer (a Uds. )? (A ti) te gusta escribir.